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06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] For Bob Armstrong, teaching in Midland's public schools meant coaching, and coaching meant teaching.Throughout his teaching career, Bob coached volleyball, basketball, track and field, cross-country, soccer, softball, football, and gymnastics. He also coached minor baseball, track, and...

06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] For Ron Sauvé, hockey in Midland was a passion. In nominating her father, Judy (Sauvé) Larmand said, "his tireless efforts kept hockey not just alive, but thriving, in Midland." From 1967 through 1971, Sauvé was the President...

06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] While Ross McConnell is best known as the coach of the 1984-85 Stoneleigh Centennials Junior C hockey team that made it to the Ontario finals, that season was but one pinnacle in a life devoted to sports...

06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_single_image image="16297" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_separator type="normal" transparency="0" thickness="1" up="15" down="0"][vc_column_text] When the Midland Lawn Bowling Club opened on June 27, 1977, it was due almost totally to the efforts of two dedicated Midland residents:...

06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] As both an educator and a coach, Brian Walser has never lost sight of the importance of helping children to learn and grow. "Coach" Walser never felt winning was the ultimate goal - fair play and having...

06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] From1957 to 1975, the YMCA on Hugel Avenue was personified by Lloyd Stackhouse. While Lloyd's official title was physical director of Midland YMCA and waterfront director of Camp Kitchikewana, he was so much more than that to...

06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Anyone looking for an example of Harold 'Mac' McAllen's dedication to his job need look no further than the night of July 28, 1978. The Midland Arena Gardens was engulfed in flames and McAllen led the firefighters...

06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] For many years, Tom Shields was the voice of sports in Midland and the surrounding area. As a longtime announcer for radio station CKMP, Shields brought the atmosphere and the action of games into homes throughout North...

06 Oct

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] While Douglas Gadsby's interest in sports was wide-ranging, to say the least, it would be in baseball that he would make his mark most notably on the provincial stage. In 1981, Gadsby took a group of talented boys,...

27 Sep

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="16143" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text] I would like to take this opportunity to extend my sincere congratulations to all the inaugural inductees of the Midland Sports Hall of Fame. There is no greater personal...